Changes in support networks in late middle age: The extension of gender and educational differences

Journals of Gerontology - Series B Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 123-131

  Fischer, Claude S ^a   Beresford, Lauren ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Education; Gender; Inequality; Middle age; Networks; Social support

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FAMILY RELATION; FEMALE; FRIEND; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FAMILY RELATIONS; FEMALE; FRIENDS; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 84922418924     PISSN: 10795014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geronb/gbu057     Document Type: Article

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